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U.S. is not at all "on the way out", I don't know why people are saying this. Europe and China could both do well in many ways, but China, as "rising" as it ma
by 0815test 7y ago
U.S. is not at all "on the way out", I don't know why people are saying this. Europe and China could both do well in many ways, but China, as "rising" as it may be, is still way lower than even Europe, never mind the U.S. And then there are all sorts of other places that are real wildcards but have a lot of hidden potential too, by and large they're just holding themselves back with terrible policies - nothing that can't be fixed with relative ease.
- lrem 7y agoLower in what dimension and why is it the one that matters more than the ones already discussed?
- agumonkey 7y agooutsider viewpoint, I heard reports of: - political frailty - infrastructure frailty - defaulting cities - grad students debt 'on the way out' is hyperbole, but the days where USA were the world's beacon are gone[0]. Unless they prove me wrong. [0] they used to be unquestionably the leader to run after in so many domains..
- growlist 7y agoOne of the things that brought home to me how far China has to go was an episode of The Grand Tour in which Jeremy Clarkson was driving along one of its countless new highways, only for a rain shower to render the road virtually undriveable because said road had apparently not been designed to shed water quickly enough. But each time I've gone back to the US between 1993 and 2017 things have seemed just that bit worse, and the people just a little less positive about the future. It is sad.